The Flemish government adopted its third climate policy plan on the 28th of June 2013. This plan comprises of a general part, the Flemish Mitigation Plan to reduce the Flemish greenhouse gas emissions and the Flemish Adaption Plan to deal with the effects of climate change in Flanders.

The Flemish Mitigation Plan focusses on the emissions of the sectors that are not included in the European Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) for energy intensive companies, namely buildings, transport, agriculture and a small part of the industry and energy sectors that is not included in the EU ETS.